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How to Make a Toy Sailing Boat

Building a homemade toy sailing boat is simple and can be done with readily available materials. If you lack some of the material listed, then be creative and use similar objects that you have around your house or yard. A toy sailing boat can provide hours of fun on a nearby creek, backyard pool or bathtub.

Things You'll Need

2-by-8-by-10-inch piece of lumber or large piece of bark
Aluminum foil
Drill &bit
Wood glue
Dowel rod or straight stick that is 10 inches long
Poster board
Scissors
Tape

Instructions

- 1
  Drill a small hole in the center of the piece of wood. Match the drill bit size to the size of the dowel rod or stick. Be sure that the hole is only half the depth of your wood. This is the hull.
- 2
  Wrap the aluminum foil around the wood part of your toy sail boat using the tape to secure it to itself. Cut a small hole in the aluminum foil where your drill hole is.
- 3
  Use scissors to cut the poster board into a right triangle. This is the sail. The vertical side of the triangle should be 2 inches shorter than the dowel. Cut three holes on the vertical side of the sail. Carefully slide the dowel through the holes in the poster board.
- 4
  Put a small drop of wood glue in the bottom of the hole and insert the dowel rod or stick. Hold the dowel rod in place until the glue dries completely.
- 5
  Add decoration of your choice and you are ready to go float your toy sailing boat.

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